[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 236 (Monday, December 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70852-70853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26850]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Single-Source Supplement for Title X Services in Texas

AGENCY: Office of Population Affairs, Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Health, Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Population Affairs (OPA) announces the award of 
a single-source supplement to provide Title X family planning services 
in Texas to Women's Health and Family Planning Association of Texas 
(d.b.a. Every Body Texas). The supplement will enable Every Body Texas 
to expand provision of emergency contraception and other family 
planning services to clients across the state of Texas to address the 
anticipated increased demand for family planning services following 
passage of TX SB8.

DATES: December 13, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Swafford Marcella, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Population

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Affairs, Office of Population Affairs, Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services at 
[email protected] and 240-453-2800.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Recipient: Every Body Texas, Austin, TX.
    Purpose of the Award: The purpose of this award is to address the 
anticipated need for family planning services across the state of Texas 
in response to TX SB8. With this funding, Every Body Texas will expand 
the provision of emergency contraception and other family planning 
services to clients across the state of Texas through their existing 
Title X network.
    Amount of Award: $750,000.
    Project Period: The project period for the supplemental award will 
not exceed the recipient's current project period, which is scheduled 
to end on March 31, 2022.
    OPA currently provides $15,820,000 in Title X funding to Every Body 
Texas. With their Title X funding, Every Body Texas provides Title X 
family planning services across Texas through a network of 36 
subrecipients and 192 service sites. In 2019, Every Body Texas provided 
family planning services to 176,697 clients across the State of Texas.
    Supplemental funding will enable Every Body Texas to expand 
provision of emergency contraception and other family planning services 
to clients across the state of Texas through their existing Title X 
network, in response to TX SB8. Title X family planning services are 
services that assist in preventing or achieving pregnancy. Title X 
clinics must provide a broad range of acceptable and effective family 
planning methods and services, including: Contraceptive education, 
counseling, and methods (includes hormonal methods; fertility 
awareness-based methods; barrier methods; abstinence; and/or permanent 
sterilization); services centered around pre-conception health and 
achieving pregnancy (includes infertility services; STI prevention, 
education, screening, and treatment; HIV testing and referral); and 
pregnancy diagnosis and counseling. The broad range of family planning 
services does not include abortion as a method of family planning.
    This award is being made non-competitively because Every Body Texas 
is the only existing Title X grantee providing services across the 
entire state of Texas. Issuing a single-source supplemental award to 
Every Body Texas would expand services across the entire state.

    Dated: November 30, 2021.
Jessica Swafford Marcella,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs, Office of Population 
Affairs, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health.
[FR Doc. 2021-26850 Filed 12-10-21; 8:45 am]
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